Cylinder colours - what do they mean?

Cylinder colours - what do they mean?

Colour label identifies the gas properties.
The shoulder colours inform about gas properties, but the most common pure gases have their own colours.

General colours
Pure gases

AGAs cylinder colours

Industrial gases Pure gases

Toxic and/or corrosive gases

Flammable gases

Yellow
Red

Oxidizing gases
Inert gases

Light blue
Bright green

Acetylene
Oxygen
Argon
Nitrogen

Maroon
White
Dark green
Black

Carbon dioxide
Helium
Hydrogen
Nitrous oxide

Grey
Brown
Red
Blue

Industrial gases
Acetylene

Black
Maroon

Food gases
Speciality gases
Medical gases

Green
Silver
White

Cylinder colours

Shoulder colours

Gas

Shoulder colours

Oxygen
White

Helium
Brown

Air
Bright green

Nitrous oxide
Blue

Nitrogen
Black
Black

Gas

Yellow
Carbon dioxide

Grey

Toxic and/or
corrosive gases

Flammable gases
Red

Argon
Dark green
Whole cylinder
maroon

Food gases Pure gases

Cylinder colours

Acetylene
Maroon

Shoulder colours

Gas

Shoulder colours

Oxygen
White

Carbon dioxide
Grey

Nitrogen
Reseda green

Black

Gas

Argon
Dark green

 Cylinder colours - what do they mean? Colour label identifies the gas properties.

Specialty gases
Pure gases

Cylinder colours

Shoulder colours

Gas

Shoulder colours

Oxygen

Gas
Helium

Brown

White
Nitrogen

Yellow

Black
Other inert gases

Toxic and/or
corrosive gases

Flammable gases
Red

Bright green
Silver grey

2/2

Carbon dioxide
Grey

Acetylene
Maroon

Argon
Dark green

Gas

Shoulder colours

Inert
Bright green
Fire intensifier/
oxidizing

Light blue

Flammable
Red

Toxic
Yellow

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